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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Charlie Lotridge <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Jason, thanks for this info. This is what the evidence was suggesting, > but it's nice to get the confirmation. Of course, it would've also been > nice had there been mention of this in the docs (I've added a comment to > that doc page re. this). > > Thanks also for the Javascript tips...I'll certainly research it. > > Cool tool Misa. It unfortunately doesn't quite help me here since I don't > actually have any menus that need converting (and was looking to introduce > one mostly to leverage the hot key functionality), but I'm sure many will > find something like this very useful. > > Thanks, > Charlie > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That is a neat idea! After all it's only a change of display type of the >> item! BMC should have thought of something like that before completely >> deprecating a particular existing function! >> >> Cheers >> >> Joe >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Misi Mladoniczky >> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:31 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Menu Bar in mid-tier (v8.1) >> >> Hi, >> >> I have created a tool that will convert all currently defined menus and >> items >> to a navigation-field instead. >> >> I used it at a customer site to convert some 100 forms with menu bar >> defined. >> >> The navigation bar will retain the menu/sub-menu layout of the original >> menu. >> >> Your original menu-fields will be moved to the navigation bar and will >> retain >> their permissions etc. In other words you do not need to do anything with >> your >> active links. >> >> https://rrr.se/cgi/tools/main?tool=rrrMenuToNav >> >> Process: >> 1. Export all your forms to a all.def >> 2. Run rrrMenuNav.exe -i all.def -o nav.def -id {freefieldid} >forms.txt >> 3. Import the nav.def ontop of your forms >> 4. Go through the list of forms.txt to move and resize the navigation >> field >> in >> DevStudio >> >> The {freefieldid} should be replaced with the field id you choose for your >> navigation field on all forms. This field id should not be used today. >> >> Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011) >> >> Ask the Remedy Licensing Experts (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11/12/13): >> * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. >> * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs. >> Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se. >> >> > The menu bar died with the User Tool. It was never an option in the web >> > UI. Dev Studio supports it because there is still a shipping version of >> AR >> > System that includes the User Tool (and probably backward comparability >> for >> > a little while). >> > >> > Here is a white paper on behavioral differences between WUT and browser >> > clients (it is older so a few things may have changed like copy to new >> is >> > now supported in 7.6.04 SP5 and 8.1 SP1): >> > >> >> https://docs.bmc.com/docs/download/attachments/165478929/ARS_DifferencesBetw >> eenBMCRemedyUserandBrowserClients_7604.pdf<https://docs.bmc.com/docs/download/attachments/165478929/ARS_DifferencesBetweenBMCRemedyUserandBrowserClients_7604.pdf> >> > ? >> > >> > Pg 22. >> > BMC Remedy User >> > A menu bar is available in BMC Remedy User. >> > >> > Browser >> > A menu bar is not available in browsers. >> > >> > As for an alternate hot key feature in Mid Tier I am not aware of an out >> of >> > the box one. You probably can dive into some custom JavaScript to >> detect >> a >> > hot key combination and then call a guide. Here is some info on adding >> > functionality using JavaScript. >> > >> > Enhancing MT user experience with JavaScript; Part >> > 1<https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21816> >> > Enhancing MT user experience with JavaScript; Part >> > 2<https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21818> >> > >> > Jason >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Charlie Lotridge >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> ** >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Can anyone tell me if the Menu Bar functionality has been deprecated in >> >> the mid-tier? >> >> >> >> The Dev Studio allows me to specify menu bar menus and items just like >> the >> >> Admin tool used to, but I don't see these anywhere when I open the form >> in >> >> the browser. The documentation >> >> >> < >> https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars81/Using+buttons+and+menu+bar+i >> tems+to+execute+active+links>has >> >> corresponding descriptions about how to create menu bar menus and hook >> up >> >> workflow, but does not seem to describe where in the UI these will >> appear. >> >> >> >> Am I missing something obvious? >> >> >> >> I'm actually most interested in creating menu bar items in that you can >> >> (supposedly) introduce a "hot key" so that <Alt>-<the hot key> will >> trigger >> >> the menu bar item and corresponding workflow. If the menu bar has been >> >> deprecated, or this doesn't work (quite frankly I was never able to get >> >> this completely working in the old User tool), is there another way I >> can >> >> affect this? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Charlie >> >> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ >> > >> > >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> ___ >> > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" >> > >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> ___ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" >> > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
